Chinese-Born Ex-Apple Engineer Sentenced to 4 Months for Stealing Trade Secrets
Published on February 15, 2024
A former Apple engineer was sentenced by a California federal judge to 120 days in prison on Feb. 13 for stealing self-driving car technology before attempting to flee to China. On Tuesday, Judge Edward Davila of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California handed down the final decision, recommending that Zhang Xiaolang serve his jail term in a “minimum-security camp-type facility as close as possible to San Jose, California,” where his family lives. Further, “The Court finds that family visitation enhances rehabilitation.” The judge also proposed allowing Mr. Zhang to teach mathematics in prison. Mr. Zhang pleaded guilty in August 2022 in federal court in San Jose to one count of trade secret theft....